a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alveolus + -form. ] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bacillum little staff + -form. ] Rod-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a rod.
Syn. -- baccilar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. botulus sausage + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture. In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild. [ PJC ]

A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capillus hair + -form. ] In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caulis + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chhlh` claw + -form. ] (Zool.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cilium + -form ] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Columella + -form. ] Shaped like a little column, or columella. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -form. ] resembling coral in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cotyle + -form. ] (Zool.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cypselus a kind of swallow, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; + -form. ] (Zool.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidæ.) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme. ] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of Antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fistula + -form. ] Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme. ] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagellum a whip + -form. ] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a small fungus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. funis rope + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Ganglion + -form. ] (Anat.) Having the form of a ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Granule + -form. ] (Min.) Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hyperbola + -form. ] Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme. ] 1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Funnelform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Julus + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Kali + -form. ] Formed like kali, or glasswort. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + -form : cf. F. lamelliforme. ] Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lirella + -form. ] (Bot.) Like a lirella. [ Written also lirellæform. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mammilla + -form. ] Having the form of a mammilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + -form: cf. F. maxilliforme. ] Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. metallum metal + -form: cf. F. métalliforme. ] Having the form or structure of a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monile necklace + -form: cf. F. moniliforme. ] (Biol.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oculus the eye + form: cf. F. oculiforme. ] In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. operculum a cover + -form: cf. F. operculiforme. ] Having the form of a lid or cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oval + -form. ] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Papilla + -form. ] Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Parabola + -form. ] Resembling a parabola in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Patella + form: cf. F. pattelliforme. ] 1. Having the form of a patella. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella. [ 1913 Webster ]